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Hickman backs Tudor Music to defy outside noise
Tudor Music has been set for a big first-up run by trainer Greg Hickman at Kensington on Wednesday.
- by Ray Hickson
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Race-by-race preview and tips for Kensington on Wednesday
Everything you need to know to pick a winner on a seven-race card.
- by Ray Hickson
Frankel’s little brother looking Golden ahead of Australian debut
A three-quarter relation to champion sire Frankel caught the eye at Canterbury on Tuesday as John O’Shea looks to continue an impressive spring run in The Invitation and the Golden Eagle.
- by Christian Nicolussi
‘Pretty gutting not to be there’: Neasham’s tough call to ditch Valley
Annabel Neasham has chosen to stay in Sydney and won’t be trackside to witness a potential career-defining Cox Plate win with Zaaki.
- by Christian Nicolussi
Gold Trip in tip-top shape to repeat Sir Dragonet’s Cox Plate feats
European import Gold Trip will look to replicate the Cox Plate feats of Sir Dragonet in his Australian debut for Ciaron Maher Racing on Saturday, a week on from the reigning champion’s shock death.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Pagan’s big chance for Melbourne Cup shot is here, but will he take it?
Denis Pagan’s dream of saddling up a Melbourne Cup runner will hinge on Johnny Get Angry’s final lead-up run in Wednesday’s group 3 Geelong Cup.
- by Damien Ractliffe
Keiai Nautique left out of Cox Plate as favourite Zaaki draws barrier six
A select field of 10 will line up in Saturday’s Cox Plate after the Moonee Valley race’s committee knocked back an acceptance from aspirant Keiai Nautique.
- by Damien Ractliffe
It will be party Hardy if Endangered Species or two stablemates win in Grafton
Trainer Joanne Hardy will unleash three chances at the Clarence River Jockey Club meet on Tuesday, with a returning four-year-old her best shot.
- by Neil Evans
Verry Elleegant the forgotten star ahead of the Cox Plate
Can you forgive a horse one bad run? If so, you have to give Verry Elleegant a big chance in Saturday’s Cox Plate, says part owner Brae Sokolski.
- by Michael Lynch
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Race-by-race preview and tips for Grafton on Tuesday
Everything you need to know to back a winner at the meeting in the Northern Rivers.
- by Neil Evans
Why Glen Boss felt he had to leave the ‘toughest jockeys’ room in the world’
The three-time Melbourne Cup winner won The Everest and a Golden Eagle during his latest stint in Sydney, but has endured a horror spring thus far in 2021.
- by Adam Pengilly